Odour of Chrysanthemums
by D. H. Lawrence

Odour of Chrysanthemums: Genre 1 key example

Genre
Explanation and Analysis:

“Odour of Chrysanthemums” is a short story belonging to the modernist literary genre. Modernism as a literary movement emerged in the early 20th century as writers like Lawrence sought to capture the particular experience of living in the modernized, industrialized world. They did this by painting bleak portraits of working- or middle-class characters suffering in the face of oppression.